2. Fan Zhongyan, whose name is Wen Xi, was a famous writer and politician in the Northern Song Dynasty. In addition to his literary and political achievements, Fan Zhongyan is also a great calligrapher. His representative works include Bian Shi Post, Stone Post, Dao Fu Zan and so on. His calligraphy works are full of joy, fresh and smart, and have been praised by scholars of all ages.
3. As far as literary achievements are concerned, Fan Zhongyan's works mainly focus on three types: prose, poetry and ci. Most of his prose themes are current events, so his articles are often logical, dynamic and static, and have strong persuasiveness. In the aspect of poetry creation, Fan Zhongyan emphasizes writing for the sake of emotion, and the content is loyal to the reality of life, poetic and simple.